Capsule loss or death: The position of mutations among capsule genes sways the destiny of Streptococcus suis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 354, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-54

  Lakkitjaroen, Nattakan ^a,d   Takamatsu, Daisuke ^b,c   Okura, Masatoshi ^b   Sato, Masumi ^b   Osaki, Makoto ^b   Sekizaki, Tsutomu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Capsular polysaccharide; Capsule synthesis; Endocarditis; Porcine

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE SYNTHESIS 2E GENE; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE SYNTHESIS 2F GENE; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE SYNTHESIS 2I GENE; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE SYNTHESIS 2J GENE; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE SYNTHESIS 2N GENE; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE SYNTHESIS 2O GENE; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE SYNTHESIS GENE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE CLUSTER; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; ANIMAL; ENDOCARDITIS; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VETERINARY;

STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUIDAE; SUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOCARDITIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE DELETION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84899978075     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12428     Document Type: Letter

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